Maybe setup will be changed for Crosshair IV, Thuban and 2x Ares when available

Hold off on Thuban. Grab best current AM3 chip(955 BE?) and hold off til Bulldozer arrives which should be Next Summer, maybe sooner depending on the market.

965 used to be a $210 CPU now you can get it for $184 @ newegg. So something is up. I doubt AMD is just going to drop one chip. I'm thinking they're gonna drop 3, since they always seem to drop a Budget, a Mid and an Enthusiast level CPU.